M’Kayla and I are getting better and better with learning our way around Tarnaveni. We now know how to walk to the Penny Market, the local Baptist church, a little pizza place with free Wifi (one of our favorite places), and now to the Child Developmental Center! It’s about a 30 minute walk from our hotel but it’s a straight shot from our hotel so it’s pretty simple. David, one of our translators met up with us so we wouldn’t get lost for our first time walking there—he’s so awesome! We did our morning program with the CDC kids as usual but instead of teaching the afternoon kids as well, we went to visit the new Buckner group home in TM! We took a city bus to get to TM from Tarnaveni—it was so pretty to see all the fields and hills along the way. We managed to figure out where to get off (haha) and we met up with Alexandra and went to the group home. The group home is brand new (only two months old) and it is beautiful! Eight girls that moved from the Zau orphanage live there along with the two kids from the couple that lives there to take care of all the kids. There is plenty of space for all the kids and even a nice yard and driveway for them to have plenty of space outdoors. During our visit, a hairdresser from their local church came over to cut all the kids hair. The girls were so excited about their new hairdos and hairstyles. The couple that lives there and the mentor were so kind and hospitable; their love for the children radiated through their actions and words. It made me so happy to see that the girls from Zau were in such great hands.
Pray for us to keep our energy up : )